Temple of the Morning Star

Temple of the Morning Star
Studio album by Today Is the Day
Released September 23, 1997 (1997-09-23)
Recorded July 1997 (1997-07)
Studio Austin Enterprise, Nashville, TN
Genre Noise rock, avant-garde metal
Length 57:16
Label Relapse
Producer Steve Austin
Today Is the Day chronology
Today Is the Day
(1996)		 Temple of the Morning Star
(1997)		 In the Eyes of God
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos[2]

Temple of the Morning Star is the fourth studio album by the American noisecore band Today Is the Day, released on September 23, 1997 by Relapse Records.[3]

Initially released in 1997 on vinyl and compact disc formats, the LP edition was limited to 1000 copies that included a track list that differed from the CD release, with "Satan Is Alive" being placed before "Crutch" and the removal of "I See You" entirely. The album was remastered and reissued on CD format in 2006 with expanded liner notes written by Steve Austin. According to the reissue liner notes, Austin was very poor at the time of the album's recording and lived in an abandoned warehouse.[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Austin. 

No. Title Length
1. "Temple of the Morning Star"   2:51
2. "The Man Who Loves to Hurt Himself"   4:06
3. "Blindspot"   1:49
4. "High as the Sky"   2:13
5. "Miracle"   2:32
6. "Kill Yourself"   3:15
7. "Mankind"   2:41
8. "Pinnacle"   1:37
9. "Crutch"   1:16
10. "Root of All Evil"   3:48
11. "Satan Is Alive"   2:59
12. "Rabid Lassie"   2:52
13. "Friend for Life"   0:25
14. "My Life With You"   2:33
15. "I See You"   2:59
16. "Hermaphrodite"   8:19
17. "Temple of the Morning Star" (features an unlisted cover of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath") 10:55

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
2000 Terrorizer United Kingdom "Albums of the Year" 7 [5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the Temple of the Morning Star liner notes.[6]

Today Is the Day
Production and additional personnel
  • Matthew F. Jacobson – executive production
  • Joe Kimball – cover art
  • Dave Shirk – mastering
  • William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. – executive production

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1997 Relapse CD, LP RR 6964
2006 CD RR 6613

References

  1. ↑ Schulte, Tom. "Temple of the Morning Star". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bromley, Adrian (1997-10-16). "Temple Of The Morning Star Review". chroniclesofchaos. Chronicles Of Chaos. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  3. ↑ Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Temple of the Morning Star [Reissue] (booklet). Today Is the Day. Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania: Relapse Records. 2006.
  5. ↑ "Terrorizer - Albums of the Year". Terrorizer. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  6. ↑ Temple of the Morning Star (booklet). Today Is the Day. Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania: Relapse Records. 1997.

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